#EC5855#EC5855

#EC5855 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.184 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5855
RGB	rgb(236, 88, 85)
HSL	hsl(1, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 56.88, 32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 65.49, 29.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.1669 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.184 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7254, 25.4736, 11.4176)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5855 #55E9EC

analogous

#EC559D #EC5855 #ECA355

triadic

#EC5855 #55EC58 #5855EC

tetradic

#EC5855 #9DEC55 #55E9EC #A355EC

square

#EC5855 #9DEC55 #55E9EC #A355EC

split-complementary

#EC5855 #55ECA3 #559DEC

monochromatic

#B31714 #E6221E #EC5855 #F28E8C #F8C4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#EC5855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#EC5855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5855

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5855	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 88, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.184 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98e85',
    500: '#ec5855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5855;
$custom-light: #f98e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.192,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65577,
    "c": 0.18376,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5855

secondary

#B3E8EA

accent

#D8DC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5855

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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